European aerospace and defence group Airbus (EPA:AIR) will partner with a joint venture of General Electric Co (NYSE:GE) and Safran Aircraft Engines to develop a hydrogen-fuelled aircraft engine that should be put into operation in zero-emission aircraft by 2035. As part of a demonstration programme, the partners will ground and …

Europeans will soon have to pay €2,000 ($2,200) per thousand cubic meters of natural gas, former Russian president and current deputy chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev tweeted on Tuesday. The warning comes after Germany ordered a halt to Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline certification. “German Chancellor Olaf Scholz …

Iranian Petroleum Industries Equipment Manufacturers Association (known as SIPIEM) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Bank Saderat Iran (BSI) to provide 50 trillion rials (over $193 million) of facilities to domestic manufacturers of oil industry equipment. As reported by Shana, the mentioned MOU was signed by SIPIEM Head …

Neither Qatar nor any other single country has the capacity to replace Russian gas supplies to Europe with liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the event of disruption due to a conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Qatar’s energy minister said on Tuesday, February 22. With most of Qatari volumes locked into …

Escalating tensions between major global food suppliers Russia and Ukraine are likely to force wheat, corn, and sunflower oil buyers to seek alternative shipments, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing analysts and traders. The disruption could drive up world food prices which are already near multi-year highs, experts warn. The two …

Germany has moved ahead to block the €9.5bn Nord Stream 2 pipeline amid the growing military tensions between Russia and Ukraine. In a blow to the gas pipeline project, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has suspended its certification process after Moscow announced recognition of the independence of Donetsk and Luhansk in …

Germany said Tuesday it will halt the certification of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline designed to bring natural gas from Russia directly to Europe after President Putin recognized breakaway regions in east Ukraine and said Russian troops would move into the area to act as peacekeepers. Germany’s Chancellor Olaf …

Reuters said that CNOOC completed the foundation for six giant LNG storage tanks each sized 270,000 cubic meters. The location of the LNG receiving terminal is at Yancheng Binhai Port Industrial Park in Jiangsu province. CNOOC said it officially kicked off the construction of the main body of storage tanks …

Russia intends to continue uninterrupted supplies of gas, including liquefied natural gas (LNG), to world markets, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated in the greetings to the participants and guests of the Forum of Gas Exporting Countries, published on the Kremlin website on Tuesday. The Russian leader noted that expanding the …

Coal-fired electricity generation in Europe increased 18% last year from 2020 to 579 TWh, interrupting a trend of decline since 2012, according to research by Rystad Energy. The rise, caused by gas supply concerns and limited alternatives, could be repeated in 2022, the research firm says. If high gas prices …